Skip to content

BASED 2023 Convening

What to Expect

We are excited to welcome our grantee partners to the 2023 BASED Convening, “The Celebration: A Convening of Possibilities.”

The Kresge BASED Convening will be a virtual event held May 2-3, 2023, bringing together community development practitioners inspired by creative practice to form dialogues around activism and rest, sustaining organizations, emergent strategies within the arts + community development field, and celebrating the completion of the Kresge BASED Learning Cohort.

Themes
  • Activism + rest
  • Sustaining yourself and organizations in this work
  • Emergent strategies
  • Discursive dialogue
Registration

Complete your 2023 BASED Convening registration here.

For any questions, please contact Eva Rodriguez (she/her), consulting administrator, [email protected].

Schedule & Agenda

May 2-3, 2023
Day 1, Tuesday, May 2

Introduction

12pm to 12:45PM

Intention Setting + Community Building

The Breakout: Best Practices in Equity, Arts + Culture, Community Development

1PM to 2PM

Break + Creative Play

2PM to 2:30PM

The Breakout: Investing in Communities

2:30PM to 3:30PM

The Breakout: Healthy Communities

3:45PM to 4:45PM

Closing Debrief

5PM
Day 2, Wednesday, May 3

Creative Performance

12PM To 12:45PM

Featuring: Andrew Valdez and Kisha Nicole Foster

The Breakout: Equitable Evaluation in Conversation

1PM to 2PM

Featuring: The Urban Institute 

Break + Creative Play

2PM to 2:30PM

Virtual Site Visits

2:30PM – 4:30PM

Featuring:

Check Out Reflection + Takeaways

4:30PM – 4:55PM

Closing Remarks from The Kresge Foundation

4:55PM – 5pm

BASED Speakers

Please see the links provided in each breakout session to view speakers.

BASED Resource

Download the Kresge BASED Syllabus